Event Type: Lecture

Apr 17

• Lecture

Open to the Public

100 Human Heads: Physiognomy, Astrological Medicine, and Censorship in Seventeenth-Century Italy

Eleanore Webb, Ph.D. candidate in History, University of Pennsylvania and winner of the Kislak Center Prize for Predoctoral Research, presents on Cornelio Ghirardelli’s Cefalogia fisonomica divisa in dieci deche (1630).

• April 17, 2025
• 3:00pm - 4:00pm
• Henry Charles Lea Library, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 6th Floor

Apr 11

• Lecture

Open to the Public

1789: Revolution and Erasure in Jubert's Almanac

Roger Chartier, Annenberg Visiting Professor in History and Professor at the Collège de France, will analyze a recently acquired almanac created in Paris in 1789, containing engravings of revolutionary events and erasable pages for recording notes.

• April 11, 2025
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Virtual (link will be sent to registrants)

Apr 16

• Lecture

A Conversation with Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

The Penn Libraries is pleased to welcome Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, for a public talk exploring the role of libraries in a pandemic and post-pandemic world. Hayden will highlight library workers who are thinking outside the box to make accurate information available to all.

• April 16, 2022
• 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Orrery Pavilion, Kislak Center, 6th Floor Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

Sep 24

• Lecture

A Crucified Nun and an Amateur Iconographer

This talk will introduce a fascinating hybrid book now housed at the Kislak Center, a 1524 edition of Hendrik Herp’s Mirror of Perfection.

• September 24, 2021
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Kislak Center

Oct 14

• Lecture

Open to the Public

A House Remembered: The Hedgerow Archive at Penn

Chris Lippa talks about the recently-cataloged Hedgerow Theatre records held in the Kislak Center and visits key moments in the theater's history.

• October 14, 2022
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Virtual (link will be sent to registrants)

Oct 31

• Lecture

Access Matters: A Conversation with Tracie Hall on the Public Health Impacts of Book Censorship

As part of the Penn Center for Public Health Seminar Series, the Penn Center for Public Health and Penn Libraries host an enlightening discussion with Tracie Hall.

• October 31, 2023
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Hybrid event: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, sixth floor; and on Zoom

Apr 28

• Lecture

Across the Margin: Finding a New Page from Jean Bourdichon's Hours of Louis XII

This talk will begin by revealing a stunningly beautiful and previously unknown detached miniature from a royal Book of Hours created by the court artist Jean Bourdichon around 1498.

• April 28, 2021
• 1:00pm - 2:15pm
• Zoom

Dec 04

• Lecture

Open to the Public

Activists, Advocacy, Movements: Human Rights Archives at Columbia University Libraries

Hear from Pamela Graham, director of Columbia University Libraries' Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, about how the Center has collaborated with human rights organizations and activists to provide access to a record of their work.

• December 4, 2024
• 4:00pm - 5:30pm
• Meyerson Conference Room (Room 223), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Jun 25

• Lecture

American Collectors and the British Market for Rare Books c. 1890-1939: Two Perspectives

This lecture offers two perspectives on early twentieth century American collection of British rare books and manuscripts.

• June 25, 2021
• 1:00pm - 2:15pm
• Zoom

Nov 05

• Lecture

Apud Carolam Guillard: Charlotte Guillard, First Woman Printer of the French Renaissance

David McKnight will describe Peter Way's collection and focus briefly on the four Charlotte Guillard texts that were among Peter Way’s most revered books.

• November 5, 2021
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Kislak Center